RAM 1500 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 9003794 · NHTSA communication 10224883 · issued Oct 11, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Friction Modifier If you have a vehicle with customer complaint of Limited Slip Differential chatter or shudder, please do NOT add friction modifier to the axle, replace the axle, and contact Ashley Gerebics at cell: (248) 472-6524 to have the axle fast tracked back to FCA. If no response in 15 minutes, proceed with repair.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.